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Board advances community policing/foot‑patrol measure to ballot after contentious debate
Summary
After intense debate and a procedural dispute over dividing the question, the Board of Supervisors approved a community policing and foot‑patrol ordinance for the November 2010 ballot.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to send a community policing and foot‑patrol ordinance to the November 2010 ballot after extended debate over scope and a contentious procedural fight about dividing the measure.
What the proposal would do: The ordinance, as noticed for the ballot, would require the San Francisco Police Department to adopt a community policing policy and would establish a citywide framework for foot patrols as a public‑safety strategy. A second related measure that would have placed a sit/lie prohibition on the sidewalk was considered separately in a paired ballot option (item 43), resulting in a voter…
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